Talking tablets with Stephanie Jackson: ‘More tablets for more people’
By: calendar iconNovember 29th, 2010 a 3:09pm

As part of our RedBoard series about the way tablets are changing the way we live, work and play, we asked Stephanie Jackson, Vice President, Client Services with app developer Zinio five questions on how she uses her tablet and what’s next for this technology. She says 2011 will see more tablets for more people.

1. How do you use your tablet?

To read, to play, to work and to share. I read magazines; I play games; I surf the web. I love being able to easily share all with friends and family on a plane, on the sofa, even at the table. I also read and answer work emails – easy to read and respond with the larger keyboard.

2. What has surprised you most about the device?

The ease of use for a larger device – I can flip pages of my favorite magazines with the same hand that I’m using to hold the device – very convenient for reading magazines on the train here in NYC.

3. What are your predictions for tablets in 2011?

More tablets for more people. The market will expand beyond the current iPad early adopter market. Not only will tablets be given as gifts this year, but new tablets will be introduced with different models, uses and demographics.

4. If you were sent to a desert island and could take one device, would it be a tablet or another device? Which one and why?

Tough question! I would probably take a tablet. Assuming there is no wireless on the desert island, I won’t get much work done so might as well be entertained with magazines, games, music, etc. all loaded and accessible without internet on my iPad. The only downside might be the battery life and need for shade to read!

5. What’s your one must-have app?

I can’t pick just one! I love the Zinio app, of course, for magazines with ease of use and storage. I’m also quite partial to Scrabble. Both are great for flights, train rides, etc.

Jackson will be part of a panel entitled “Tablets and the Media” at Rogers TabLife TO on December 3rd.

You can learn more about the event at tablife.ca. We’ll have full coverage of Rogers TabLife TO here on RedBoard on December 3rd and shortly after the event.

Richard Bloom is a regular contributor to RedBoard.

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  1. Will Robertson says: November 29th, 2010 a 3:19pm

    Stephanie, is Zinio planning to bring their excellent app to the BlackBerry PlayBook?

    I have been enjoying it since I got an iPad, and am hoping to keep using Zinio when I grab a PlayBook early next year!

    • Stephanie Jackson says: November 29th, 2010 a 8:37pm

      Hi Will – Great question! We are looking to roll out the Zinio app on a number of device over the next few months. We can’t confirm the full list of partners just yet, but we will definitly be on many of the tablets you are hearing about now.

  2. David says: November 30th, 2010 a 9:54am

    Isn’t it peculiar to say the least that Rogers “prides” itself to be a tablet pioneer to the point where they organize an entire conference over them, yet when I finally decide to take the jump 2 weeks ago and purchase myself a shiny new iPad 3G, upon calling Rogers to add the thing to my 6GB data plan I get told that they “no longer offer this option”. Really Rogers??
    Is the first gen iPad that obsolete already, you have to actually STOP offering data pooling on a product only introduced 6 months ago? You simply will not allow me any more to pay you more money to use the data that i have already paid for amongst two devices, my iPhone and my iPad? You call that tablet a tablet friendly network? Thanks a lot Rogers, I paid $130 extra for a now redundant 3G option on my iPad… because my network is NOT tablet friendly or a tablet pioneer, it has apparently changed its mind and is just using early adopters as a cash cow!

  3. Donovan says: November 30th, 2010 a 10:10pm

    Unfortunately to the interviewee the questions where pretty lame and suited to the a-typical non-technical fashionable Apple product fanatic.

    These are questions for the coffee shop, not in preparation for a topic that is to focus on how Tablets are becoming part of our lives.

    Yes people will read books on tablets, yet why not ask the real important questions in this realm. Regarding demographics and paradigm shifts – this is what the tablet represents really, and this is NOT the first coming of the tablet btw – when will wee see Canadian and worldwide physical brick and mortar universities offer curriculum [schedules online, texts for study, workbooks for practice/gradings, etc] on iPad via iTunes U and other platforms like PlayBook or Android]? When will we see the HUGE costs [and profits going to professors] that force you to purchase their books – revisions updated each semester/year – in order to participate and graduate their classes?

    When will wee see the HSPA network bandwidth properly utilized to watch user selectable – from a BROAD choice not station pre-selected choice – of TV shows … streamed and cached for viewing later of for download/purchased for a competitive fee.

    • RogersMiranda says: December 2nd, 2010 a 11:18am

      Hi Donovan,

      Thanks for the feedback. Our goal was to ask some general and fun questions so that readers have a chance to get to know our speakers and panelists in advance of Tablife TO. However, the questions you’ve posed are great ones and I think some of those things will be answered at our event tomorrow. We’ll be publishing a wrap up post here with videos from the event so make sure to check that out next week.